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possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/12/07 18:07
Subsystems: xfs
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Reported-by: syzbot+a8a73f25200041b89d40@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 57d, last: 10d
Discussions (3)
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[syzbot] Monthly xfs report (Jan 2026) 0 (1) 2026/01/30 10:09
[syzbot] Monthly xfs report (Dec 2025) 0 (1) 2025/12/30 09:53
[syzbot] [xfs?] possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks (3) 0 (1) 2025/12/07 18:07
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks xfs 4 4 604d 629d 26/29 fixed on 2024/07/03 15:06
upstream possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks (2) xfs 4 C 165 311d 533d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/03 07:48

Sample crash report:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
kswapd0/73 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888011d85f18 (&xfs_nondir_ilock_class){++++}-{4:4}, at: xfs_can_free_eofblocks+0x693/0x8e0 fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c:562

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8e051900 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:6975 [inline]
ffffffff8e051900 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0x92a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7354

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
       __fs_reclaim_acquire mm/page_alloc.c:4301 [inline]
       fs_reclaim_acquire+0x72/0x100 mm/page_alloc.c:4315
       might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:317 [inline]
       slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4904 [inline]
       slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5239 [inline]
       __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x40/0x700 mm/slub.c:5771
       kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
       iomap_fill_dirty_folios+0xf4/0x260 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1557
       xfs_buffered_write_iomap_begin+0xa23/0x1a70 fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c:1857
       iomap_iter+0x5ef/0xeb0 fs/iomap/iter.c:110
       iomap_zero_range+0x1cc/0xa30 fs/iomap/buffered-io.c:1590
       xfs_zero_range+0x9a/0x100 fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c:2289
       xfs_setattr_size+0x48b/0xed0 fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c:993
       xfs_falloc_setsize fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:1175 [inline]
       xfs_falloc_insert_range fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:1230 [inline]
       __xfs_file_fallocate+0xdd9/0x15d0 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:1418
       xfs_file_fallocate+0x26e/0x320 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c:1500
       vfs_fallocate+0x669/0x7e0 fs/open.c:339
       ksys_fallocate fs/open.c:363 [inline]
       __do_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:368 [inline]
       __se_sys_fallocate fs/open.c:366 [inline]
       __x64_sys_fallocate+0xc0/0x110 fs/open.c:366
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #0 (&xfs_nondir_ilock_class){++++}-{4:4}:
       check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
       check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
       validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
       __lock_acquire+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
       lock_acquire+0x107/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
       down_read_nested+0x49/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1662
       xfs_can_free_eofblocks+0x693/0x8e0 fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c:562
       xfs_inode_mark_reclaimable+0x21d/0x1030 fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c:2244
       destroy_inode fs/inode.c:396 [inline]
       evict+0x8aa/0xae0 fs/inode.c:861
       dispose_list fs/inode.c:879 [inline]
       prune_icache_sb+0x21b/0x2c0 fs/inode.c:1027
       super_cache_scan+0x39b/0x4b0 fs/super.c:224
       do_shrink_slab+0x6df/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:437
       shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
       shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
       shrink_one+0x2d9/0x720 mm/vmscan.c:4921
       shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:4982 [inline]
       lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5060 [inline]
       shrink_node+0x2f7d/0x35b0 mm/vmscan.c:6047
       kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6901 [inline]
       balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7084 [inline]
       kswapd+0x145a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7354
       kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
       ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(fs_reclaim);
                               lock(&xfs_nondir_ilock_class);
                               lock(fs_reclaim);
  rlock(&xfs_nondir_ilock_class);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

2 locks held by kswapd0/73:
 #0: ffffffff8e051900 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:6975 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff8e051900 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: kswapd+0x92a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7354
 #1: ffff8880330ce0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#51){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_trylock_shared fs/super.c:563 [inline]
 #1: ffff8880330ce0e0 (&type->s_umount_key#51){.+.+}-{4:4}, at: super_cache_scan+0x91/0x4b0 fs/super.c:197

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 73 Comm: kswapd0 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_circular_bug+0x2e2/0x300 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2043
 check_noncircular+0x12e/0x150 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2175
 check_prev_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3165 [inline]
 check_prevs_add kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3284 [inline]
 validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3908 [inline]
 __lock_acquire+0x15a6/0x2cf0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5237
 lock_acquire+0x107/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5868
 down_read_nested+0x49/0x2e0 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1662
 xfs_can_free_eofblocks+0x693/0x8e0 fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c:562
 xfs_inode_mark_reclaimable+0x21d/0x1030 fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c:2244
 destroy_inode fs/inode.c:396 [inline]
 evict+0x8aa/0xae0 fs/inode.c:861
 dispose_list fs/inode.c:879 [inline]
 prune_icache_sb+0x21b/0x2c0 fs/inode.c:1027
 super_cache_scan+0x39b/0x4b0 fs/super.c:224
 do_shrink_slab+0x6df/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:437
 shrink_slab_memcg mm/shrinker.c:550 [inline]
 shrink_slab+0x7ef/0x10d0 mm/shrinker.c:628
 shrink_one+0x2d9/0x720 mm/vmscan.c:4921
 shrink_many mm/vmscan.c:4982 [inline]
 lru_gen_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:5060 [inline]
 shrink_node+0x2f7d/0x35b0 mm/vmscan.c:6047
 kswapd_shrink_node mm/vmscan.c:6901 [inline]
 balance_pgdat mm/vmscan.c:7084 [inline]
 kswapd+0x145a/0x2820 mm/vmscan.c:7354
 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
 ret_from_fork+0x510/0xa50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246
 </TASK>

Crashes (107):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/01/20 02:19 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/19 05:20 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/19 02:15 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/18 19:19 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/18 17:04 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/18 07:05 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/18 03:20 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/17 17:20 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/16 13:41 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/15 18:58 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/15 16:35 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/15 10:31 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/15 08:16 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/14 18:17 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/14 04:07 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/14 01:28 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/14 00:01 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/13 13:54 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/13 07:11 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/13 00:49 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/12 14:07 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/12 07:21 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/12 05:21 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/09 23:14 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/09 09:59 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/08 14:34 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/07 22:10 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/07 15:27 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/06 18:22 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/06 15:22 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/06 11:35 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/06 05:43 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/06 01:01 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/05 21:57 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/05 18:16 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/05 15:20 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/05 13:26 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/04 21:49 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/04 19:37 upstream 54e82e93ca93 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/04 07:13 upstream aacb0a6d604a d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/03 16:03 upstream 805f9a061372 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/03 06:44 upstream 9b0436804460 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/03 04:10 upstream 9b0436804460 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/02 15:06 upstream b69053dd3ffb d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/02 08:52 upstream b69053dd3ffb d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/01 15:15 upstream b69053dd3ffb d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2026/01/01 07:16 upstream 349bd28a86f2 d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2025/12/07 09:33 upstream c06c303832ec d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
2025/12/03 18:06 upstream 3f9f0252130e d1b870e1 .config console log report [disk image (non-bootable)] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-snapshot-upstream-root possible deadlock in xfs_can_free_eofblocks
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.